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shooting an elephant
shooting an elephant
shooting an elephant
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SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT (George Orwell, 1936) SETTING → the story is set in Moulmein, in lower Burma, 1936. during colonial period → British Empire → narrative essay about Orwell's time in Burma CONTEXT → Burma was colonized by Britain over a period of 62 years → the elephant is a metaphor for the British Empire and for Orwell's view that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys" GEORGE ORWELL protagonist (lborn in India) - police officer of the British colonial administration european roots →he is on the side of the Burmese people, because they are oppresed by colonial rule Das a police officer he sees the brutalities of the imperium up close →he resents the British presence in the country - the people of Burma hale the empire they hate Orwell as well → one day an aggressive elephant wreaking havoc and kill a man →→ because the locals expect him to kill the elephant, he does it against his own judgement
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